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High-impact causes we recommend supporting · Giving What We Can

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Many people choose to support work on issues they hear a lot about, or that they’ve had personal experience with. However, the issues we hear the most about aren’t necessarily the ones where we can have the greatest impact. While we think donors should give in line with their values and worldviews, it turns out that some problems are both larger and easier to solve than others. Therefore, if you want to make a sizable dent in the world’s problems, we recommend choosing a high-impact cause area that best aligns with your values. Note: Please note that this video was recorded in 2021 and may contain some out-of-date information; we’ve also since renamed our cause areas to better reflect the types of projects they include. (The text below reflects our current cause area summaries.) If you want to help people who are suffering now, one of the highest-impact cause areas you can support is global health and wellbeing: supporting people around the world who are living in poverty or suffering

High-impact causes we recommend supporting · Giving What We Can Cause areas High-impact causes we recommend supporting The high-impact cause areas we recommend High-impact causes we recommend supporting The high-impact cause areas we recommend Global health and wellbeing Animal welfare Reducing global catastrophic risks What do these cause areas have in common and why does this make them high-impact? Why do these three factors affect impact? How do the high-impact cause areas we recommend differ from each other in terms of scale, neglectedness, and tractability? How might you choose among thes

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